Home sweet home

Back home now and straight into the action :) went to hartlepool for the reported Blyth's reed warbler which turned out to be a Reed warbler :( never mind though, i thought it was a good chance to catch up with the Lesser Scaup which was on the allotment pool this evening. I also had 2 yellow wags and a couple of wheatears on seaton common, also got the wood sandpiper at lamesley water meadows back on home turf :) just got to wait for a fine weekend now for a trip to speyside where 9 year ticks await me :0

Wood sandpiper @ lamesley water meadows in the rain

Yellow wagtail @ seaton common

Tree sparrow @ kibblesworth

Common sandpiper @ shibdon pond on the only patch to feed on due to the high water levels :( shame the migrating waders can't stop off to feed :( one good thing about the high water levels is the frankenstien duck population's nest's will be flooded out :) shame other breeding birds nest's will be flooded though :(

day 7

Had a quick look around salthouse heath-cley marshes, then decided to call it a day and pack the caravan and head home :( the weather was getting me down and no rare birds turning up :( only birds to report today were:
Nightingale
Little tern

Day 6

A dodge around the north coast today, started at warnham greens-morston quay-blakeney harbour-cley and salthouse, highlights were:
Whinchat x 1 new for year
Mandarin x 1 new for year
Montague's harrier x 2 ringtail at ''the usual place'' and a 1s male flew west over morston quay
Marsh harrier x 5 male flew over caravan early morning
Spoonbill x 2
Blue headed wagtail x 3
Little egret x 11
500+ brent geese
Greenland wheatears x 5
Avocet x 30+
Little tern x 3

1s male Monty's

Whinchat

Home for the week :)

Nightjar night at salthouse heath

First calm night this week so thought i would try for nightjar , 1 female nightjar showed as she was hunting the few moths that are about. Talking to a guy from blakeney who had a cracking shot of a male perched up during the day :0 he reckons it was just a passing threw bird as it wasnt there the next day. Other birds from tonight were:
2 nightingales
4 tawny owls
Barn owl
2 muntjac deer 1 barking

Day 5

Quiet day :( went for a reported little stint at titchwell :0 but when i arrived i was told i was to late as a hobby had just taken it :( bloody hobby! Some movement at sea today, but nothing new. Todays highlights:
Med gull x1
Lrp x 1
Marsh harrier x 4
Little tern x 1
Avocet x 50+
Turtle dove x 1 purring
Cuckoo x 1
L egret x 1
Se winds forcast for tomorrow, could be interesting?

Day 4 did he?

Yes he did, male Montague's Harrier hunting fields near where i'm staying :0 watched the bird for a good 20 mins as it drifted away :) very happy with that tick. Spent a few hours at Titchwell and Chosley barns area before finishing the day at wolverton triangle for Golden pheasant, which i dipped on today :( not to worry though, got plenty time left, i did get a cracking rooster here though :0 which someone must have dumped? Todays highlights were:
Monty's harrier x 1
Marsh harrier x 5
Corn bunting x 2
Spoonbill x 1
Little tern x 2
Avocet 100+
Cuckoo x 1
Muntjac deer x 3
Rooster x 1

What a bird, Male Monty's

Spoonbills everywhere

Muntjac deer everywhere

Little tern

Playtime at Titchwell

The rooster after my crisps, not chicken flavour ;)

Day 3 minsmere, dunwich and westleton heaths trip

Another trip to suffolk today, dipped on the savi's but still got 5 new year ticks:
Spoonbill x 4
Dartford warbler x 1
woodlark x 2
Nightingale x 1
Little tern x 1
Also got
Stone curlew x 1
Cetti's warbler x 1
Bittern x 2
Marsh harrier x 6
Hobby x 3
Hairy dragonfly x 1
Red deer x 7
Harbour porpoise x 1
Trip list on 118
Monty's watch tomorrow :0 will he wont he??? and golden pheasant, then a trip back to titchwell.